A NOAA photo of a Rice's whale—the species has lost some of its protections in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ... including the Sierra Club, sued the National Marine Fisheries Service in 2020.

In October 2020, the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Turtle Island Restoration Network filed suit in U.S. District Court in Maryland, challenging the opinion.

The decision drew praise from environmental groups including the Sierra Club and ... Biden's administration last year had sought to scale back an oil and gas auction in the Gulf of Mexico by 6 ...

“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” Trump said at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. What a beautiful name, and ...

Gulf of Mexico's Rice's whale is a newcomer to Endangered Species Act protections 10-knot ... and imperiled wildlife and Gulf ecosystems are paying the price,” said Sierra Club Senior Attorney ...

The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups challenged the opinion in 2020. Several oil and gas groups, including the American Petroleum Institute, joined ...

That means U.S. users will see “Gulf of America” while Mexican users will still see “Gulf of Mexico.” “Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names,” according to the social media ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he will seek to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” prompting a slew of responses on social media. In a news conference Tuesday, Trump said ...

Trump said Jan. 7 at his Mar-a-Lago club that he wanted to make the change because of a trade imbalance with Mexico, illegal immigration into the U.S. at the southern border and concerns about ...

Back in 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a long-in-the-works plan to manage the construction of aquaculture facilities in areas of the Gulf of Mexico controlled ...